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PATENTED JAN. l2, 1904.

A. C. L. CHAPMAN.

PEN WIPER.

PPLIoATIoN FILED` SEPT. 24. 1903.

No MODEL. f

Patented January 12, 1904.

f" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE i ALBERT C. L. CHAPMAN, OF EASTHAMPTON,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AMOS SHEPARD COOLEY, OFEASTHAMPTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

PEN-WIPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,474, dated January12, 1904.

Application filed September 24, 1903.` `Serial No, 174,464. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

` ments in Pen-Wipers, of which the following is a full, clear,and'exact description.

This invention relates to a combined penwiper and advertising novelty,the object being to provide a simple and improved construction andcombination of parts for constituting an eflcient pen-wiper and at thesame time render the same available in an attractlve and useful mannerto carry an advertlsement or advertisements; and the device i consistsin parts formed and combined all suban inverted position.

` stantially as hereinafter fully described, and

set forth in the claims.

The improved pen-wiper and advertising novelty is fully and clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the same as seen at the front. Fig. 2 is a sectionaland perspective representation of the device as in Fig. 3 is aperspective representation of the securing device, a portion of whichmay bear advertising matter or any pictorial representation.

In the drawings, a a, 6 b, and c c represent layers or thicknesses offelt or other suitable material adapted efficiently to be employed forpen-wiping purposes, the same being, as here shown, though notnecessarily, arranged in pairs, which pairs are successively ofincreasing size, superimposed concentrically one upon the other, andunited by the fastening device represented in Fig. 3 and also in Fig. 2,such fastening device consisting of a hollow head B, comprising outercup-shaped shell j', having the edge portions g thereof in-V wardlyturned toprovide a iiange, which is f crimped over and secured to themarginal porhead of the fastening device, and said device,

moreover, comprises the prongs c' vl, united to p the head j, which headis located within the chamber contained within said button-like part,the prongs projecting through a narrow aperture 7c therefor in the backplate la, and said prongs centrally penetrate all of the layers a, and cof the felt and are extended through a thin rearwardly-disposedretainingplate m, having the slit or aperture a therein, and theextremities of the prongs are angularly overturned, as indicated at o o,on the other side of the retaining-plate, securely holding thebutton-like head and all of the superimposed pen-wiping layers of felttogether. The plate m might be omitted and the prongs outturned againstthe bottom felt layer.

The intermediate portion of the rearmost or bottom layer c of the felthas secured thereto by paste, glue, or other adhesive a Asheet which maybe round, rectangular, or any fancied shape, the object of the samebeing to conceal the rear fastening, imparting a finished aspect to thedevice, and to bear printing or other matter for advertising, asindicated in Fig. 2.

The button-like head may, as indicated in Fig. 1, have a portraitthereon, photographic, printed, or engraved, and it may be surrounded byan ornamental border in one or several colors and bear printing matterthereon, and by making the different layers of the felt of differentcolors of such material a very attractive as well as useful novelty isproduced, which may, as hereinabove explained, be of value as anadvertising medium, and the same may also be employed as a campaignnovelty. Advertising matter may be placed on the tops of the layers a,or c of the pen-wiping material, as well as on the thin back stuck-onsection or on the top button.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A pen-wiper device consisting of superimposed layers of felt or likematerial, and a fastening device therefor comprising a relatively largebutton-like head having prongs penetrating said layers, and aretaining-plate at the back of the layers through which the prongsprotrude and against the outer face of which their extremitiesareangularly turned, substantially as described.

2. A pen-Wiper device consisting 01". super-v imposed layers of felt orlike material, and astening means therefor comprising a relatively largebutton-like head having prongs penetrating said layers, and aretaining-plate at the back of the layers through which the prongsprotrude and against the outer face of Which their extremities areangularly turned, and a layer 4of sheet material stuck to the rear sideof the bottom layer of felt covering the rear portion of the fasteningand adapted to carry advertising matter thereon, as described; 3. Apen-Wiper consisting of superimposed and concentric layers of felt ofdierent sizes, a relatively large button-like head comprising cup-shapedpart f having rearWard-inturned flange g and back plate It, marginallyengaged by said flange and provided With theaperture f, a pair of prongsz' e', having the uniting portion j located Within the button-like headand the prongs projecting through said aperture 7c, centrally throughthe superimposed layers, the back-retaining plate m through Which theextremities of the prongs protrude and against the' outer face of whichsuch extremities are angularly turned and the rearwardly-disposed sheetstuck to rear one of said layers and covering the retaining-plate andsaid prong eX- tremities.

4. An article of manufacture, comprising a series of superposed layersof felt or like Inaterial, constituting a pen-Wiper, and a fasteningdevice therefor consisting of a relatively large button -like head,having penetrating prongs Which pass through the said superposed layersand have their extremities turned outwardly to securely hold the layersin place.

Signed by me at Springield, Massachusetts, in presence of .twosubscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT C. L. CHAPMAN.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLoWs, A. V. LEAHY.

